Abundance: 0.13 to 30.83% (median 1.31%)

Latitudinal range: 8.8° to 51.5°

Habitats: boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 8 samples

Canada: South Point, Burnt Lands Provincial Park (woodland site: sweep nets)

Costa Rica: San Vito

Germany: Göttingen (May)

Mexico: Mapimí Biosphere Reserve (nectarful trees, 1994)

United States: Deblois (1989), Dugway Proving Grounds, Oconee National Forest (mature pine herbaceous)

See also Colletes algarobiae, Colletes americanus, Colletes cunicularius, Colletes deserticola, Colletes gypsicolens, Colletes inaequalis, Colletes louisae, Colletes mandibularis, Colletes perileucus, Colletes phaceliae, Colletes prosopidis, Colletes salicicola, Colletes simulans, Colletes slevini, Colletes sphaeralceae, Colletes spp., Colletes wickhami